Topic: Photoshop

Description

Adobe Photoshop is the leading digital image editing software which was developed by Adobe Systems. It was first released in 1989 to display grayscale images on a monochrome display. Today, the program is used worldwide by professional and amateur photographers, print designers, visual communicators, and even ordinary people like you who wish to enhance their pictures, posters, magazines, and any other digital image media.

Adobe is currently on it's 13th major release and it comes in two major version, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Photoshop Extended. The difference between the regular version and extended version is the 3D image rendering tool, motion graphics editing, and advanced image analysis features. Adobe Photoshop is available for both Mac and PC.

Terminology

Raster: An array of pixels that each have a given color and intensity value.
Pixel: The basic unit of programmable color on a computer.
Resolution: The number of pixels contained on a display monitor, expressed.
Camera Raw: Contains minimally processed data from the image sensor.
RGB: (red, green, and blue) refers to a system for representing the colors to be used on a computer display.
CMYK: (cyan, magenta, yellow, key) A scheme for combining primary pigments.
Active Layer: An active layer is anything that is being used at the time.
Adjustment Layer: Layer that will alter an aspect of your photo on a separate layer.
Artistic Filters: A particular effect that can be applied to an image or part of an image.
Toolbox: Contains the main tools for working on images.
Canvas: Roughly the image layer.

Applications

Photoshop also provides an app called Photoshop Express, which can be used for iOS. The app provides options to:

enhance photos
shoot continuously and rapidly
Photoshop Express
support from Retina Display for sharp, clear images
Auto Timer
Auto Review
editing (red eye removal, cropping, rotating, flip, straighten)
Temperature and Tint color controls
Border and frame effects
Quickly share the photos via email, Facebook, Tumblr, and Twitter

Another popular app recently launched by Adobe Systems in the past year is Photoshop Touch. The program can be downloaded at the iTunes store for only $9.99 and it has several features similar to Photoshop that one can use on their iPad or iPhone such as:

Layers
Photoshop Touch
Selection Tools
Filter brushes
Refine edge for selection
Text
Tone and Color Adjustment

Another neat feature about the app is the access to the Adobe Creative Cloud capabilities allowing the user to save their file on their account without keeping the large image files on their device.

Plug-Ins

Additional features that can be added to the "toolkit" in Photoshop. A lot of people use plug-ins to add extra tools, such as image editing filters, that did not come with the Photoshop software.

Examples of popular plug-ins include:

3D Invigorator: allows the user to create complex 3D logos, text and objects using vector artwork.
Retina: enhances user's ability to maximize perceived contrast, brightness, depth, and resolution.
Perfect Mask 5.2: gives professional masks for all types of images

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